Civil Code Section 1717, which makes one-way fee-shifting provisions mutual in actions on the contract, will not save such a p...

To say the associate recruitment market is recovering in California might be an overstatement, but firms are increasingly voic...

July 1: That's when new disclosure requirements for ADA surveys and some buildings' energy usage histories go into effect. By ...

Clients have come to realize that some tasks don't require lawyers, or at least high priced lawyers in traditional law firms, ...

If the savings to the state by closing a courthouse will be eaten up by the costs, why is the state doing it? By Richard Herzog

Because some firms have been burnt by lateral partners who overpromised and underdelivered, due diligence is now greater. By S...

In recent years, a number of operating technology companies have - like non-practicing entities - begun asserting patents that...

The man accused of stealing a valuable trade secret from DuPont and sharing it with the Chinese government will stay in jail u...

An innovative program to help Californians make environmental upgrades to their homes was dealt a blow by a federal appeals co...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday will hear en banc a case to determine whether or not the First Amendment pr...

A class action over claims that fuel retailers misled consumers by selling motor fuel at temperatures above 60 degrees Fahrenh...

A group of Riverside jail inmates is suing the county in federal court, contending they face a "cruel and inhumane" lack of me...

A Los Angeles County judge has removed the trustees assigned to manage the $350 million trust the founder of nutritional compa...

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP represented E-Trade Financial Corp. in connection with a secondary offering of $309 million wort...

As budgets tightened during the economic downturn and more work was sent in-house, junior lawyers became a way to handle low-l...

Lateral partner movement has changed drastically in the past fives years. Portable books of business have become more importan...

The prospect of election advertising on public broadcasting stations got a largely skeptical reception Tuesday from an en banc...

Six trial courts generally complied with a recently passed law governing purchases by the judicial branch, according to a stat...

The latest chapter in the ongoing debate over whether a statutory requirement of a timely habeas appeal trumps a finding of "a...

A proposal to expand public-disclosure requirements on arbitration may be in the works after the Assembly Judiciary Committee ...

San Jose jurist takes her drug court assignment seriously and knows each defendant by name.

Poorer courts in California may soon see their fortunes improve as the Judicial Council's budget subcommittee gets ready to u...

While the goal of the legislation is laudable, it does not provide a realistic remedy to what is a very significant problem. B...

The numbers suggest that the average beneficiary gets back three times what they put in. By Brian Sheppard

Susan Skaer, the former general counsel of Mercury Interactive LLC, will pay more than $850,000 to settle a Securities and Exc...

Lawyers presented opening statements to a jury Monday on the first day of an employment trial involving federal weapons resear...

The former chief executive of California's largest public pension fund, and one of its former board members, appeared in feder...

Plaintiffs in the mental-health portion of the prison-overcrowding lawsuit responded to the state's request that the case be d...

Caldwell, Leslie & Proctor LLP co-founder Michael Leslie said he felt gratified at the sight of colleagues, clients and fr...

Latham & Watkins LLP represented Safeway Inc.'s gift card unit Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. and Sullivan & Cromwell...